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  1. Teachers at Work

     Don't Let English Die
    Tue Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2011
    Recently I made a big gaffe in one of my columns. Despite the fact I read my columns over dozens of times, and then I have a peer edit, and then there's a Visual Thesaurus editor who reads and edits, I still misspelled the name of one of my favorite authors. (I also was chided for making up words, but as an author that's my creative prerogative and we can debate my taking that license another time.)

  2. Backstory

     Arthur Rosenfeld, Author of "The Crocodile and the Crane"
    Sat May 03 00:00:00 EDT 2008
    As a devotee of Chinese martial arts and Chinese culture in general, I've been familiar with martial arts stories since the days of David Carradine's TV Show Kung Fu. What I didn't know until I began to read so-called martial arts stories in novel form is that most of the great literary works of China fit into this category, works ranging back a thousand years or more.

  3. Word Routes

     The Year in Words, 2013 Edition
    Mon Dec 30 00:00:00 EST 2013
    As the year comes to a close, it's time once again to survey the new words and phrases that made their presence felt in the popular consciousness. For the Wall Street Journal, I surveyed the "words that popped in 2013," from cronut to Sharknado, but there were too many good choices to include in one article. Here I present my more comprehensive list of notable words of the year.

  4. Blog Excerpts

     Get Ready for Dictionary Day!
    Fri Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 2011
    National Dictionary Day takes place on October 16, the birth date of America's pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster. As you toast to Noah this year, check out this article by Joshua Kendall about Webster's role in the development of modern publishing. And stay tuned on Monday for an excerpt from Kendall's new biography of Webster, The Forgotten Founding Father.

  5. Word Count

     Why Writers Should Use a Secret Sauce: Tracking
    Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020
    Here's how tracking your output — specifically, recording how many words you write each day or how much time you spend editing — can help you.

  6. Contest

     The Visual Thesaurus Crossword Puzzle: October Edition
    Fri Oct 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013
    For the October edition of the Visual Thesaurus crossword puzzle, we've got a Halloween-themed crossword. Figure it out and you could win a Visual Thesaurus T-shirt!

  7. Word Count

     The Mighty Paragraph
    Wed May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2007
    After a long hiatus, I caught up with my friend and expert writer Clark Morgan for another installment of "Bagel & Schmear" -- our occasional series of conversations about composition between bites and bad 80s music at our local Manhattan bagel shop. This time our talk turned to the paragraph, that unheralded workhorse of writing. Here's our discussion. - Editor

  8. Word Routes

     At the Movies: "Airworld," "Unobtainium"
    Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 EST 2009
    The end-of-the-year movie rush is upon us, when the studios roll out their high-prestige projects. I've been thinking about words related to two major movies of the season: Up in the Air (now in theaters), adapted from the novel of the same name by Walter Kirn, and Avatar (coming soon!), the sci-fi extravaganza from James Cameron of Titanic fame.

  9. Word Count

     Word Usage: Optional, not Compulsory
    Wed Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2011
    Yesterday we heard from University of Illinois English professor Dennis Baron on the announcement of new words added to Merriam-Webster's dictionary. Here is another perspective, from Baltimore Sun copy editor John E. McIntyre, who argues that journalists reporting on new words often misconstrue the purpose of dictionaries.

  10. Wordshop

     Sorting it Out: Word Sorts for Secondary School Students
    Thu Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2010
    Many secondary school teachers may be dismissive about using manipulatives in the classroom. They may think of word cards and word puzzles as belonging in the elementary school realm, along with crayons and counting cubes. However, when it comes to vocabulary learning, it can sometimes be a more engaging way to teach words as individual manipulative units rather than lists of tiny words printed out on 8 ½ x 11 sheets of paper. After all, why do so many adults have fridge doors covered in magnetic poetry?
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